PGI's paediatric neurologist Prof Jitendra Kumar Sahu gets award in medicine

Chandigarh, August 24 Prof Jitendra Kumar Sahu, a paediatric neurologist at the PGIMER, has been awarded the ‘Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar’ for 2024 in medicine by President Droupadi Murmu. This is the highest national science award given...

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Updated At : 12:03 PM Aug 26, 2024 IST

Chandigarh, August 24

Prof Jitendra Kumar Sahu, a paediatric neurologist at the PGIMER, has been awarded the ‘Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar’ for 2024 in medicine by President Droupadi Murmu.

This is the highest national science award given to a person who is below 45 years in recognition of outstanding contributions to research, technology and innovation in the field of medicine. Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (independent charge) of S&T and ES also graced the occasion.

He primarily works on childhood epilepsy and children with neurological disorders, and has over 175 publications and is the recipient of many awards.

PGI's paediatric neurologist Prof Jitendra Kumar Sahu gets award in medicine

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